Dredging container



Oct. 26, 1937. E. DAVIS El AL DREDGiNG QONTAINER Filed July 29, 1937 firm? 2.

ZIMMMS N M w Patented Oct. 26, 1937 2,097,210

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DREDGING CONTAINER I Edward Davis, Clifton, and Ernest W. Freeman, Belleville, N. J., assignors to Continental Can Company; Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 29, 1937, Serial No. 156,406

3 Claims. (01. 221-452) The present invention relates to new and useful I! spaced above the friction wall I lb on the end I l. improvements in containers and more particularly The friction wall l5 thus merges into the outto improvements in a dredging container for diswardly offset portion I6 so as to form a shoulder pensing spices or the like. 18 which abuts against the upper end of the fric- The invention is particularly concerned with tion wall Hb on the end H and limits the inward 5 improvements in a dredging container of the type movement of the friction closure IS with respect shown and described in the co-pending applicato the container end I I. The raised panel portion tion of Harry G. Rattey, Serial No. 116,611, filed M of the friction closure is provided with dis- December 18, 1936, and allowed March 31, 1937. pensing openings l9 through which the contents l0 A dredging container of this type includes a fricof the container may issue. l0

tion plug or closure in one end thereof and a con- As shown in Figures 1 through 4 a closure memtrol slide mounted directly on the friction closure ber 20 overlies the raised panel portion I4 on to control dispensing openings therein. The fricthe friction closure and is provided with openings tion closure has a raised panel provided with an 2| which may be brought into register with the outwardly extending flange and the control slide openings I9 in the friction closure. The edges 1'.) overlies the raised panel and has the side porof the closure member are turned downwardly tions thereof turned under the flange on the fricto provide depending flanges 2-2 at the ends theretion closure for holding the same in sliding enof ,so'as to limit the sliding movement of the clogagement therewith. sure member on the friction plug I3. Intermedi- 20 A11 Obje t o the inVeIltiOn is to DIOVide a dredgate the ends of the closure member 20, the flange 20 ing container of the above type wherein the fric- 22 is formed so that portions 23 thereof may be tion closure is limited in its inward movement on turned under the lateral flange I! on the friction the container end so as to insure free movement closure 13, thus holding the closure member 20 of the control slide. in sliding engagement with the friction closure i3.

25 The above and other objects will in part be ob- The closure member 2i] may thus be moved 25 viou nd will in p be ft r m r f lly relative t the friction closure :3 so as to bring disclosed. the openings I9 and 2| into and out of registry.

In the drawing The depending flanges 22 at the ends of the Fi ur 1 is a t p p a v w of t preferred closure member 2a serve as stops to limit the slidform of the invention; ing movement of the closure member. It will be 30 2 s a section taken alcmg the line 0f particularly noted that the peripheral shoulder Fig. 1; 18 on the friction wall l5 of the friction 3 is a Sectifm taken along the line 3-3 of closure prevents the friction closure from be- Fig. 1; ing inserted into the opening in the end Fig.4is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view ll to such an extent that the inturned flanges 35 showing the manner in which the friction closure 23 will contact with the friction wall on the is inserted into the opening in the container end, container end H. In other words, there is a and space left between the upper end of the friction Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing a wall lib on the end ii and the inturned flange i0 slightly modified form of control slide. 23 on the closure member 20 so that free slid- Referring more in detail to the accompanying ing movement of the closure member is assured. drawing, the container is illustrated as including In Figure 5 of the accompanying drawing, a

a body portion 10 having an end II secured thereslightly modified form of closure member 20a to by a conventional double sea-m 12. The end II is shown. This closure member 20a is provided is provided with a central opening and the metal with an upstanding annular bead 24 which serves 45 of the end around the opening is bent upwardly, as a finger grip by which the closure member as at Ma, and downwardly as at Ilb, so as to form may be moved relative to the friction plug l3. .a friction seat. A friction plug or closure 13 is It will be obvious that minor changes in the adapted to be inserted in the opening in the end H details of construction may be made without and is provided with a raised central panel l4 and departing from the spirit of the invention as set 50 a friction wall 15 which is adapted to tightly enforth in the appended claims. gage the friction wall llb on the end H. The Having thus described the invention, what we friction wall IS on the closure 131s provided witha claim as new and desire to secure by Letters peripheral outwardly offset portion 16 which ter- Patent, is-

minates in an outwardly extending lateral flange 1. A dredging container comprising a body 55 portion, ends seamed thereto, one of said ends having a central aperture with the metal surrounding said aperture shaped to form a friction seat, a friction closure for said aperture having a raised central panel with dispensing openings formed therein and a depending friction Wall adapted to fit within the friction seat, said friction wall terminating in an annular flange adapted to overlie said friction seat, said annular flange being substantially in a. plane containing the raised central panel, means for limiting the movement of said friction closure into said aperture whereby to maintain a space between said friction seat and said annular flange, and a slide having dispensing openings therein adapted to be brought into and out of registry with the dispensing openings in the friction closure, said slide .overlying the. raised panel and the annular flange of the friction closure and having a portion thereof turned under the annular flange'and extending intothe space between said annular flange and said friction seat forholding the same in sliding engagement with the friction closure.

2. A dredging container comprising a body por tion, ends seamed thereto, one of said ends having a central aperture with the metal surrounding said aperture shaped to form a friction seat, a friction closure for said aperture having a raised central panel with dispensing openings formed therein and a depending friction wall adapted to fit within the friction seat, said friction wall terminating in an annular flange adapted to overlie said friction seat, said annular flange being substantially in a plane containing the raised central panel, means for limiting the movement of said friction closure into said aperture whereby to maintain a space between said friction'seat and said annular flange, and a slide having dispensing openings therein adapted to be brought into and out of registry with the dispensing openings in the friction closure, said slide overlying the raised panel and the annular flange of the friction closure and having a portion thereof turned under the annular flange and extending into the space between said annular flange and said friction seat for holding the same in sliding engagement with the friction closure, said slide having a depending flange extending around its periphery, said flange acting as an abutment against the slide on the friction closure for limiting the forward and backward movement of the slide on the friction closure.

3. A dredging container comprising a body portion, ends seamed thereto, one of said ends having an aperture with the metal surrounding said aperture shaped to form a friction seat, a friction closure for said aperture having a raised panel with dispensing openings formed therein and a depending friction wall adapted to flt within said friction seat, said friction wall terminating in an annular flange overlying said friction seat and having an outward shoulder below said flange, said shoulder abutting against said friction seat to maintain said flange spaced therefrom, and a slide having dispensing openings therein adapted to be brought into and out of registry with the dispensing openings in said friction closure, said slide overlying the raised panel and the annular flange of the friction closure and having a portion thereof turned under the annular flange and extending into the space between said annular flange and said friction seat for holding the same in sliding engagement with the friction closure.

ERNEST W. FREEMAN. EDWARD DAVIS. 

